About Me

Technical Product Designer — Austin, TX

I'm a product designer who builds. My 15-year career spans senior design roles at Lowe's, Visa, and multiple startups — and I've always been the person who bridges how things should work with how they actually get made.

In 2025 I co-founded StructureSense and proved that point more literally than I expected — designing, building, and deploying a real-time location system, a custom LoRaWAN DMX controller, and a dual-variant environmental sensor from hardware design to cloud dashboard. Solo.

Austin, TX 15 Years Remote US Citizen

Skill Areas

Domain weighting across 15-year career

Skills

Product & Design

Figma UX Research Design Systems Agile Jira Product Strategy

Frontend

TypeScript React Astro Tailwind CSS Sass HTML5 CSS3

Gen-AI Tools

Claude Cursor Prompt Engineering AI-Augmented Workflows

Full-Stack & Cloud

Vue.js Node.js PostgreSQL Datacake DigitalOcean Express REST APIs

IoT & Wireless

LoRaWAN BLE MQTT Helium Network TTN RTLS DMX512

Embedded Systems

C++ ESP32 PlatformIO Heltec V3 RTOS SX1262 MAX485

Education

Oklahoma State University

B.B.A. — Management Information Systems

2006 – 2011

Austin Community College

Design & Visual Communications

2014 – 2016

Professional Timeline

From design leadership at Lowe's & Visa → building hardware at StructureSense

Experience

StructureSense

Co-Founder — Design & Systems

Austin, TX · January 2025 – Present

Founded and architected a full-stack IoT platform for real-time asset tracking in warehouse environments
Deployed 500+ LoRaWAN Class C devices across a 50,000 sq ft smart warehouse proof-of-concept
Achieved sub-meter triangulation precision using proprietary hybrid RTLS engine
Reduced integration timelines by 40% through Gen-AI augmented workflows with Claude and Cursor
Built firmware in C++ using PlatformIO on Heltec V3 ESP32 hardware with custom DMX512 library

Lowe's Companies

Senior Product Designer

Austin, TX (Remote) · March 2022 – October 2024

Led UX engineering for enterprise design system serving 200+ internal product teams
Architected component library in React and TypeScript with full Figma-to-code design token pipeline
Partnered with product and engineering leadership to drive platform adoption across business units
Established accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and automated compliance testing pipelines

Verbosity

Lead Product Designer

Austin, TX · August 2021 – January 2022

Defined product strategy and UX roadmap for AI-powered writing assistant SaaS platform
Conducted user research and translated insights into wireframes, prototypes, and design specifications
Collaborated with engineering team on rapid iteration cycles from concept to shipped features

Visa Inc.

Senior Product Designer

Austin, TX · March 2020 – July 2021

Designed global payment product experiences across web and mobile platforms for enterprise clients
Led cross-functional design reviews with stakeholders across engineering, compliance, and business
Created and maintained design system documentation and component governance processes
Delivered high-fidelity prototypes for usability testing and executive presentations

Harland Clarke

UX Designer / Front End Developer

San Antonio, TX (Remote) · November 2017 – November 2019

Designed and developed responsive web applications for banking and financial services clients
Built reusable UI components in JavaScript and CSS for multi-tenant white-label platform
Partnered with product managers to translate business requirements into user-centered solutions

Konverge

Product Designer

Austin, TX · June 2017 – November 2017

Designed end-to-end UX for B2B SaaS product targeting enterprise HR departments
Produced wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes using Sketch and InVision

TripChamp

Co-Founder & Lead Designer

Austin, TX · April 2016 – May 2017

Co-founded travel-tech startup and led all design and front-end development efforts
Built responsive web application using modern JavaScript frameworks and REST APIs
Managed product roadmap, user testing sessions, and investor presentation materials